Adv. V. K. Prasanth, popularly known as 'Mayor Bro', is an Indian politician belonging to the

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. He was born and raised at

Kazhakootam Kazhakoottam is a major suburb in the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala state, India. The largest IT Park of the country in terms of developed area Technopark along with Technocity an upcoming integrated IT township is situated here. ...

, Thiruvananthapuram. In 2015, aged 34, he was elected to the Kazhakoottam ward of the city, with a margin of 3,272 votes, the highest majority secured by a candidate in the corporation's history. He went on to become the 44th mayor of

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

, the largest corporation and capital of Kerala.

2019 Kerala legislative assembly by-election

The

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fielded V. K. Prasanth in Vattiyoorkavu constituency for the 2019 Kerala legislative assembly by-election necessitated after sitting MLA

K. Muraleedharan Kannoth Muraleedharan (born 14 May 1957) is an Indian National Congress politician and MP from Vatakara, Kerala. He is the son of Congress leader K. Karunakaran. He was elected as an MP from Kozhikode constituency (1989, 1991, 1999) and fro ...

was elected to the

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in the 2019 Indian general election.

2021 Kerala legislative assembly election

V. K. Prasanth was reelected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from

Vattiyoorkavu Vattiyoorkavu is located in the north-eastern side of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) city, Kerala, India. Killi River and Karamana River flows through this area. It is one among the four legislative constituencies which are a part of Thiruvana ...

by vote margin of 21,515. V. K. Prasanth , , , 61,111 - VOTES , 41.44 , V. V. Rajesh , , , 39,596 - VOTES , 28.77

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prasanth, V. K. Living people Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 1981 births